Bag lock and catch.



No. 655,|5|,. Patented luly 3|, I900. a. GOERK.

BAG LOCK AND CATCH.

(Application filed July 14, 1899.]

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

GUSTAV GOERK, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE R. NEUMANN (itOOMPANYZQF SAME PLACE.

BAG LOCK A'NDCATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No, 655,151, dated July 31,1900.

Application filed July 14, 1899.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV GOERK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bag Locks and Catches;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto' the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to simplify the operation of openingsatchels and to render the operation more thoroughly automatic, wherebya saving of time iseifected and a greater convenience obtained; tosecure such results at a reduced cost of construction; to enable theparts to be applied to a bag or satchel frame by the bag-maker withgreater ease and facility, and to secure other advantages and results,some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with thedescription of the working parts.

els and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced inthe-clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag or satchel to which myimprovements have been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a portion ofa bag-frame section and showing in side elevation my combined lock andcatches. Fig. 3isaview of the lock detached lookingtoward the sidewhichcomes flatwise against the bag-frame when the lock is applied, thewall of the case at that side being partially removed to show theinterior arrangement of parts. Fig. t is a transverse section taken'atline 00,.Fig. 3.

In said drawings, it indicates a bag or satchel of any ordinaryconstruction,having cooperating jaw-sections of angle-iron to which theCatches b b and lock 0 are applied, as usual.

Serial No. 723,799. (No model.)

Said catches b b are preferably of the usual construction, having anouter sliding fingerpiece provided with a vertically-depending arm, 1),adapted to move longitudinally of the 5 5 bag in a slot a cut in thejaw-section, and engage a cooperating hooked member 11 on the othersection. In some cases, however, the arm I) may serve simply as a meansfor operating an outside catch of any other construction common in theart and adapted to the purpose of this invention.

The lock 0 comprises a case 0', fastened by means of rivets or othersuitable means heneath the top flange a of the angular jawsection of thebag-frame, and having a vertically-movable fin ger-piece c projectingupward through an opening in the jaw-section into a position to beconveniently pressed by the hand, as is common. A keyhole is providedinthe finger-piece, whereby a key may be inserted and a locking device 0within the lock, operated, also in any usual manner to lock saidfinger-piece against movement.

0 is the spring giving steadiness to the move- 7 5 ment of said lockingdevice and holding the same in whatever position it is left by the key.At the lower end of the finger-piece and within the case are oppositearms f f, which project laterally into the opposite ends of the case andnear their extremities are perforated to receivevertical guide-rods e.

A spiral spring Z is arranged oneach of said posts or rods 6, below thearm f, which springs serve to'normally force the finger-piece and armsoutward orupward. Said arms f f also have on their upper surfaceprojections g, and opposite these projections are openings h in the sidewall of the case, through which tongues t on the opposite jaw -sectionare adapted to enter. Said tongues are perforated near the end andadapted to receive the projections g to lock the jaws of the bag, saidprojections being beveled at the outer side to permit of the jaws beingautomatically snapped together. To release the jaws, then, thefinger-piece must be depressed to cause the projections to disengage theperforated tongues. Said parts thus briefly described are common in theart of bag-making, and while they represent the construction to which Iprefer to attach my improvements it is evident that other well-knownconstructions in whole or part might be used, if desired.

Heretofore it has been common to operate the lock and catches b 6independently of one another, and my present invention lies moreparticularly in providing means for op-. erating said lock and catchessimultaneously and by a single pressure, as will now be de-= scribed.

At the end of each arm I form a recess j,; extending in from said endtoward the fingerpiece 0 and preferably beveled inwardly downward at theinner end, as atj. In this recess lies the inner endof a connecting wireor rod d,which extends from the lock 0 to a catch Yaperture or recesscut in the end wall of the --case, said recess when the side plate Isisput *on the lock providing a slideway in which the connecting-rodcanslide longitudinally a limited distance, but from'which it cannotescape. The inner end (1 of the said connecting-rod is bent downwardthrough an angle something less than a right angle, and"thus presents aninclined surface to the inner end wall of the recess 3'. When thefinger-piece c is depressed, and the arms ff With'it, there- 'fore it isevident that the inner end wall of the recess j will engage the inclinedportion of the connecting-rod and will force longitudinally outward.

said rod The connecting-rod dis at its extreme outer .end (i connectedto the tongue b of a catch,

the said. rod being curved, as at d if neces-f sary,' to enable aconnection to be made with the tongue at a higher point than theslideway. When, therefore, the finger-piece is depressed and theconnecting-rod moved longiagainengaged by the arms f. l It will be seenthat by making the inclined l inner end of the connecting-rod work in a!perforation instead of a recess open at the;

end, as shown, springs in the end catches could be dispensed with but Iprefer the construction shown; or, again, the springs in the end catchesby forcing the connectingrods back to normal position might serve toreturn the finger-piece to-its outer position I claim as new is I). Saidrod enters the lock-case through an 1. A bag or satchel fastening,comprising opposite end catches having downwardly-extending slidingtongues, a central lock having a finger-piece working vertically andcarrying within the lock-case a horizontal plate, connecting-wiressecured at one end to said tongues of the endcatches and at the otherend being passed through perforations or bearings in the end of thelock-case and at their extremities bent obliquely downward throughopenings in the said horizontal plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a bag or satchel, of

opposite end catches having sliding lockingtongues which projectdownward within the bag, a central lock comprising a case, having endflanges and slidewaysformed thereon in line with perforations in the endof the case, a longitudinally-disposed horizontal plate slidingvertically in said case and a fingerpiece therefor, and connecting-wirespivoted at one end to said tongues of the end catches and having theother endsworking upon the slideways of the end flanges of thelock-caseand entering said case through the perfora- "tions, the innerextremities of said wires being inclin ed inwardly downward through endopenings in the said horizontal plate, substantially as set forth.

"In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 6th day of July, 1899.

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CHARLES H. PELL, O. B PITNEY.

